What’s in your garage

[STEVE POLLARD]

My garages are unorganized at the moment. Due to renovation work on the house / breezeway, I had to turned my two car detached garage into a three car garage. The garage attached to the house is currently a catchall for all the building supplies and my '69 Chevy Truck.  The detached holds my two 1969 Impalas and my 1986 Monte Carlo...the upstairs has all the nos parts for the '69 Impala SS restoration.

 

Steve

 

 

 

 

[60FlatTop]

Mine is a place of vacillating clutter. It pulses from front to rear and side to side at random times.

 

Generally there are four cars inside but in winter I free up one spot by storing a car up south.Took one there last week.

 

I discovered a well kept secret. All these popular antique cars were once 15-20 years old and some were in pretty nice shape. I prefer to buy a nice 15 year old car at a premium price and age along with it. The '60 Buick is one of the oldest cars I have purchased. It was only 40 years old when I got it 20 years ago. The '64 Riviera was 15 years old when I bought it. And my newest purchase, the little Caddy was 18 years old. When I buy a project car it is to resell or part out.

 

[Andy J]

Our garage contains my wife's 2022 Chevy Traverse,my daily driver,a 2002 Buick Century, a refrigerator,an upright freezer,and a push broom.A 22'X22' garage doesn't allow for anything else.There's hardly enough room to move around the cars.

 

My 30'X30' shop contains my '51 Pontiac Chieftain and my '40 Chevy Master 85,plus all my tools,parts,and two post lift.My '90 Chevy 1500 p/u lives outside,along with my '52 Chevy Bel Air and '52 Ford Customline 2 dr sedan,which aren't running.The two cars are patiently waiting for their turn to get into the shop to be reborn.I hope to get them under a shed soon.

Edited November 14, 2023 by Andy J (see edit history)

[Mike "Hubbie" Stearns]

My garage and barn have just toooo much stuff. Currently I’m housing one car, suv, pickup, company van, two fire trucks, lawn equipment, a tractor, and a boat. As well as all the tools. Not much room left. Mike

[zipdang]

Front to back on the right side of my garage is my 2013 Fiat 500, 1967 Fiat Giardiniera, 1958 Citroen 2CV van, and the 1959 Fiat 1200 Granluce. The left side is the boring daily drivers.

[Porsche 68]

Left side 27 whippet 34 dodge coupe right side 41 Chevy super deluxe coupe house garage 32 Chevy two door sedan and at my friends son’s house 25 dodge woody I think I need another garage. John 

[Jack Bennett]

15 hours ago, kfcarguy said:

For my next project, I merely throw a dart

Hi kfcaeguy…….be really careful about allowing the tractor to bed and board with the cars. I tried that with my 8N for a while and it got spoiled rotten. Took several months of isolation, outside, to get it acting normal again🤗.

[nick8086]

My wife will take me to Hawaii. If my garage looks like this soon.. empty ..

Edited November 15, 2023 by nick8086 (see edit history)

[31 LaSalle]

Whats in my garage  ( To Much)  The Wife's ! Opinion not mine

1931 Lasalle 345A town sedan

1928 Chrysler 72 convertible coupe

1929 Peerless 6/61 sedan

2000 Mercedes SL 320 sports 

plus lathe  /  polisher  / drill  / compressor  / ect in rear workshop

[60FlatTop]

There have been moments of clarity.

[TheYorkBell]

On 11/12/2023 at 8:59 PM, Paul Dobbin said:

 

 

Are those Porsche Phone Dial wheels that you are using for hose reels?

[dalef62]

Not much yet as it was just built a month ago, and I am waiting on garage doors.  My daily driver 2014 Ram truck, 1977 Corvette and a lift for running lights and wiring in ceiling.

[TAKerry]

1 hour ago, dalef62 said:

Not much yet as it was just built a month ago, and I am waiting on garage doors.  My daily driver 2014 Ram truck, 1977 Corvette and a lift for running lights and wiring in ceiling.

Will be full and undersized before you know it.

[Paul Dobbin]

2 hours ago, TheYorkBell said:

 

Are those Porsche Phone Dial wheels that you are using for hose reels?

  Yes, I have 3 of them and no Porsche now.

[TheYorkBell]

15 minutes ago, Paul Dobbin said:

  Yes, I have 3 of them and no Porsche now.

They are a good looking wheel - I have two sets for my 1988 944 na (my first car that I still have) which is why I noticed. You have a very nice setup there!

[Fargoguy]

On 11/13/2023 at 8:42 PM, brasscarguy said:

My heated car barn has only running and driving cars. Presently, from oldest to newest,

1906 Reo 2 cylinder totally restored

1915 Gallivan powered model t roadster

1929 Cadillac Dual Cowl Phaeton (Totally Original)

1930 Ford Model A Phaeton restored 

1941 Cadillac convertible sedan restored

1994 Ferrari 348 spyder original only 21,000 miles

 

In another building,

1977 Ford Ranchero original unrestored only 41,000 miles

In my restoration building,

1913 Oakland Raceabout under total restoration, should be finished late summer 2024

 

Still looking for a mid 50' to late 60's Ferrari project

just sayin'

brasscarguy

 

Can we see a pic of the Gallivan Roadster?

 

[Roscoe]

    I have no pics, but currently my shop has the '52 in one bay with the other bay having scattered parts to the '52 that haven't been re-installed, tools, trash that needs to be hauled out, and a wood stove that I had excellent intentions of installing this past summer so I could have heat for the winter. Good intentions....but didn't happen.

It has enough room, when clean, that the '52, the '46 and the recently acquired Model A should fit with a bit of squeezing. I've got to get the '52 back together so I can clean the shop up...

Then I have three carports where the wife's car, my daily, and the daughter's car fit, and since I traded off the motorhome for the A I have a 14x30 foot pole barn/rv port that should hold the daughter's '79 'vette. The family spare, a '99 Miata, has to sit out in the cold for now...

[Paul Dobbin]

Hint to a happy garage:    Don't leave anything on the floor that doesn't have WHEELS,   My Compressor, my tool boxes, my table saw, band saw, my beer refrig, work table, even my lift all have the option of wheels.   Different projects require ever changing need for floor space.   Had to move the lift after lifting a tall car into the trusses.  (Learned about paintless dent  repair).  

Air space can be used effectively for storing anything on shelves that hangs from above, even over a parked cars.  (When I did my 31 Model A Coupe, I built a rack to store the body above the rolling chassis, until I was ready to mate them)

Welder, battery charger, oil drain tank, trash cars, stools, jacks, wheel dollies, all have their own wheels.  Sometimes I wish I  had them on my gas pumps.   Garages are for cars, not junk!   Lots if my collectibles hang from the rafters,

above all the important stuff.

Another hint:   Harbor Freight sells furniture dollies cheap that hold heavy stuff too.

Edited November 17, 2023 by Paul Dobbin (see edit history)

[John Byrd]

1 hour ago, Paul Dobbin said:

Hint to a happy garage:    Don't leave anything on the floor that doesn't have WHEELS,   My Compressor, my tool boxes, my table saw, band saw, my beer refrig, work table, even my lift all have the option of wheels.   Different projects require ever changing need for floor space.   Had to move the lift after lifting a tall car into the trusses.  (Learned about paintless dent  repair).  

Air space can be used effectively for storing anything on shelves that hangs from above, even over a parked cars.  (When I did my 31 Model A Coupe, I built a rack to store the body above the rolling chassis, until I was ready to mate them)

Welder, battery charger, oil drain tank, trash cars, stools, jacks, wheel dollies, all have their own wheels.  Sometimes I wish I  had them on my gas pumps.   Garages are for cars, not junk!   Lots if my collectibles hang from the rafters,

above all the important stuff.

Another hint:   Harbor Freight sells furniture dollies cheap that hold heavy stuff too.

You may have spotted the wheels on my bead blaster, wire welder, compressor, etc., you are so right, it can not get any better than to just roll things out  of the way ! The 4 gray shelves are the only "heavys" without wheels now, had them on a furniture dolly before, and it's coming back, lol ! Yard sales are another great place to find casters and rollers, and I have even cut down things I bought and didn't need to salvage a frame with rollers ! Great tip for the folks Mr. Dobbin !

 

[pkhammer]

  My 24' x 34' shop houses my '51 F1, '49 BF Avery tractor and '47 Jeep CJ2A along with my tools, workbench, air compressor, blast cabinet and welder. My 24' x 40' storage building houses my '32 ford pickup, the '31 Model A Doodlebug and lots and lots of swap meet parts. The shed between the two normally keeps my New Holland compact tractor dry, but I have the Doodlebug in there now while I do some post Hershey clean-up. I also have a 20' sea container crammed full of parts.

  We have a 22' x 22' "carport" that the daily drivers sit under. Alas, my poor 2004 RAM Diesel must sit out in the weather.

 

  Unfortunately I do not have a lift and none have heat, water or a bathroom. 

 

[dibarlaw]

Now with the change in the season my 1925 Standard Touring "Beulah" is living in a building down the street.

I can still get her out within a half hour. Wife Joan is now happy that her 2020 Envision is in the 1925's place for the winter.

 Notice that this side has a concrete floor. In back of this side of the garage is the 113 year old 13"X36" W.F&J Barnes Lathe operating from a line shaft.

 

 On the other side is my current project my 1925 Master Touring "Remley".

 We have been here for 38 years. For 25 of those years my 1937 Buick sat there waiting to be returned to the road. Now gone since a T-bone accident in 2021. So I never got around to pouring a concrete floor on that side. Just wood planks and scrap plywood over gravel to provide a work surface.Even with the less than an adequate floor surface I still have an occasion to make some progress.

 

 

[PONTIAC1953]

My two car garage is quite full, with my 1953 Pontiac Chieftain Custom Catalina in the longer stall, and my tool box, 389 V8 on the engine stand, B&M Hydro Stick transmission on the work bench, file cabinet, and two long tables stacked to be parts shelves in the shorter stall, next to the garage is my 9x12 storage shed full of more parts, I pretty much have to roll the car forwards sometimes to have enough access room.

[keiser31]

Two 1931 Dodge Brothers DH6 2-passenger coupes....

[Fargoguy]

For the winter, my wife’s daily resides I mm half of my garage, and my snow clearing equipment in the other half. Everything else live in the lean to or my boat shed. I took a few pics today. 

[auburnseeker]

Too much crap! 

 

Can you spot the new addition? 

 

Had to take the picture through the back window.  Which now reminds me ,  I need to clean the windows as well.  Argh!

 

 

[31 LaSalle]

5 minutes ago, auburnseeker said:

Too much crap! 

 

Can you spot the new addition? 

 

Had to take the picture through the back window.  Which now reminds me ,  I need to clean the windows as well.  Argh!

 

 

I Dont see any crap in there  just a lot of nice signs and even nicer cars

[pkhammer]

13 minutes ago, auburnseeker said:

Can you spot the new addition? 

Roadster pickup? 

I keep asking myself, "why didn't I buy auburnseeker's Hudson pickup?". Probably because the inside of my garage looks more cluttered than yours does!

[auburnseeker]

1 minute ago, pkhammer said:

Roadster pickup? 

I keep asking myself, "why didn't I buy auburnseeker's Hudson pickup?". Probably because the inside of my garage looks more cluttered than yours does!

You win the booby prize. 

[auburnseeker]

11 minutes ago, 31 LaSalle said:

I Dont see any crap in there  just a lot of nice signs and even nicer cars

It's alot of crap decorated with nice signs and cars.  LOL

 

I realized just how much as I was cleaning out to fit the new addition in. 

[pkhammer]

15 minutes ago, auburnseeker said:

I realized just how much as I was cleaning out to fit the new addition in. 

  I suspect a lot of have that problem. I sold several cars this year because (a) I had too many projects, and (b) my buildings were packed so tight you really couldn't work on anything. My new found space is currently cluttered with Hershey parts and a load of other parts I bought from an estate. Once I get things cleaned up and put away I SHOULD have ample room for 1, maybe 2 new cars (or more likely trucks). At 60 though, I need to be more selective in my buying. No more projects. If it needs much more than gas then I need to pass. That's hard though, for me it is anyway. I just don't have the desire to spend hours and hours in the shop busting my knuckles. I want to be on the road, touring the countryside and maybe attending the occasional cars and coffee. I kept two projects that I have a lot invested in. They'll keep me occupied in retirement which is hopefully only a few years away.

   Tell us some more about your new addition, unless it's a hot rod. 😁 In that case you can PM me. 😜

Edited November 19, 2023 by pkhammer
mispelling (see edit history)

[auburnseeker]

I have to get outside to get some work done,  but here is another garage shot that should tell a bit more. 

I will say it looks lost in the space the Hudson occupied.  LOL

 

I'll post more info tonight. 

[Jack Bennett]

On 11/16/2023 at 12:22 PM, Roscoe said:

    I have no pics, but currently my shop has the '52 in one bay with the other bay having scattered parts to the '52 that haven't been re-installed, tools, trash that needs to be hauled out, and a wood stove that I had excellent intentions of installing this past summer so I could have heat for the winter. Good intentions....but didn't happen.

It has enough room, when clean, that the '52, the '46 and the recently acquired Model A should fit with a bit of squeezing. I've got to get the '52 back together so I can clean the shop up...

Then I have three carports where the wife's car, my daily, and the daughter's car fit, and since I traded off the motorhome for the A I have a 14x30 foot pole barn/rv port that should hold the daughter's '79 'vette. The family spare, a '99 Miata, has to sit out in the cold for now...

Hi PM Roscoe…….installation of the wood stove is a laudable undertaking, especially if you are working on the pre-1930’s cars. I have electric heat in my garage but I also have a 80 year old wood stove in my workshop.

The morning temperatures now are averaging around 39 degrees, and with the end of daylight savings time, it doesn’t start getting light before 7:00 AM and it is dark again at 6:00 PM.

The old Fargo is producing a whole lot of firewood what with the still burnable pieces of the old wood frame, and the trimmings from the new pieces being cut to replace them.

Jack

[Jack Bennett]

27 minutes ago, pkhammer said:

  I suspect a lot of have that problem. I sold several cars this year because (a) I had too many projects, and (b) my buildings were packed so tight you really couldn't work on anything. My new found space is currently cluttered with Hershey parts and a load of other parts I bought from an estate. Once I get things cleaned up and put away I SHOULD have ample room for 1, maybe 2 new cars (or more likely trucks). At 60 though, I need to be more selective in my buying. No more projects. If it needs much more than gas then I need to pass. That's hard though, for me it is anyway. I just don't have the desire to spend hours and hours in the shop busting my knuckles. I want to be on the road, touring the countryside and maybe attending the occasional cars and coffee. I kept two projects that I have a lot invested in. They'll keep me occupied in retirement which is hopefully only a few years away.

   Tell us some more about your new addition, unless it's a hot rod. 😁 In that case you can PM me. 😜

Hi pkhammer…….Having joined the Army at 16, and having served for 21 years, there isn’t a country worth fighting, or fighting for, that I haven’t visited. My wife and I have always owned a RV of some sort and have spent much of our  married life on the road.

When I lost my wife we were fishing on a beach in northern Washington, and even though I still keep the motor home fueled and ready to travel, I have lost the wander lust.

I do spend a lot of time in my garage, and now that it is getting too damp and cold to work outside, I am spending more time in my wood work shop cutting the pieces for the frame and cab of the Fargo.

There are those days I just don’t really feel like wrenching on bolts or hefting chassis parts, so it is nice to keep enough projects, literally, in the fire that I will always have something to do, and a good excuse for turning a 100 year old tree into sawdust.

Jack

[Jack Bennett]

16 hours ago, Fargoguy said:

For the winter, my wife’s daily resides I mm half of my garage, and my snow clearing equipment in the other half. Everything else live in the lean to or my boat shed. I took a few pics today. 

Hi Fargo guy…….having just added a 1929 Fargo Express Panel to my little mechanical family, I must ask whether your profile name indicates the place you live, or a project you find dear.

Jack

[pkhammer]

13 minutes ago, Jack Bennett said:

When I lost my wife we were fishing on a beach in northern Washington, and even though I still keep the motor home fueled and ready to travel, I have lost the wander lust.

Thank you for your service to this country sir!! Sorry also for the loss of your Wife. My Wife and I love to travel and and been to many wonderful places. High on my bucket list now is your neck of the woods, the Pacific Northwest, the Canadian Rockies, and Alaska.

[Jack Bennett]

On 11/18/2023 at 8:58 AM, dibarlaw said:

Now with the change in the season my 1925 Standard Touring "Beulah" is living in a building down the street.

I can still get her out within a half hour. Wife Joan is now happy that her 2020 Envision is in the 1925's place for the winter.

 Notice that this side has a concrete floor. In back of this side of the garage is the 113 year old 13"X36" W.F&J Barnes Lathe operating from a line shaft.

 

 On the other side is my current project my 1925 Master Touring "Remley".

 We have been here for 38 years. For 25 of those years my 1937 Buick sat there waiting to be returned to the road. Now gone since a T-bone accident in 2021. So I never got around to pouring a concrete floor on that side. Just wood planks and scrap plywood over gravel to provide a work surface.Even with the less than an adequate floor surface I still have an occasion to make some progress.

 

 

Hi AM, diberlaw…….I am left agape by how well a set of whitewalls can accentuate a otherwise absolutely beautiful car which needs no accentuation to be absolutely beautiful.

So, the long ago thread on the forum comes to mind as I work on the 1929 Fargo Express Panel I recently adopted.

I keep a 1923 DB Roadster, a 1927 Willys Knight and a 1951 Plymouth I’m my stable, and all have white wall tires.

Thanks to the humanity of a fellow AACA member, I just bought four new tires for the Fargo, and they too are whitewalls.

My dilemma here is that the Fargo will eventually be finished in its originally intended form as a work truck, and I don’t think they used whitewall tires on delivery trucks in 1929.

So, while I work on the truck, and have to continually look at the wheels, I put one whitewall on the front, and one black wall on the back so that I could decide which to use.

What do you think?

Jack

[Jack Bennett]

On 11/16/2023 at 5:39 PM, John Byrd said:

You may have spotted the wheels on my bead blaster, wire welder, compressor, etc., you are so right, it can not get any better than to just roll things out  of the way ! The 4 gray shelves are the only "heavys" without wheels now, had them on a furniture dolly before, and it's coming back, lol ! Yard sales are another great place to find casters and rollers, and I have even cut down things I bought and didn't need to salvage a frame with rollers ! Great tip for the folks Mr. Dobbin !

 

A few years ago I took notice of how difficult it was getting to reach up, and remove heavy items from high places. 
And this was made nearly impossible because much of my spare parts and test equipment was stored in the attic of my shop. The orderliness kept the wife off my back, but climbing the ladder, and retrieving the things I needed to work with was a pain in the posterior.

So, as I Had to move things as a part of my work, I replaced the stuff in lower storage places depending on their bulk and weight.

Eventually the really heavy stuff was on the floor, kinda heavy, or really bulky stuff was stored below shoulder height, lighter stuff was stored higher, or discarded altogether.

Then came the shoulder replacement surgery on one shoulder and realization that the other was refusing to carry its share of the load.

That process, which was accomplished over a few years,  is the single saving grace which allows me the ability to keep working on my old car hobby.

Jack

[Jack Bennett]

On 11/18/2023 at 7:14 AM, pkhammer said:

  My 24' x 34' shop houses my '51 F1, '49 BF Avery tractor and '47 Jeep CJ2A along with my tools, workbench, air compressor, blast cabinet and welder. My 24' x 40' storage building houses my '32 ford pickup, the '31 Model A Doodlebug and lots and lots of swap meet parts. The shed between the two normally keeps my New Holland compact tractor dry, but I have the Doodlebug in there now while I do some post Hershey clean-up. I also have a 20' sea container crammed full of parts.

  We have a 22' x 22' "carport" that the daily drivers sit under. Alas, my poor 2004 RAM Diesel must sit out in the weather.

 

  Unfortunately I do not have a lift and none have heat, water or a bathroom. 

 

Hi AM, pkhammer……..As you age, and parts of the body declare their independence, of the niceties you’ve mentioned, I find the bathroom a non expendable fixture.

I also do metal detecting as a hobby, and there are times when the “no public bathrooms” sign in nearby businesses is a real problem when the urgency can no longer be ignored.

And, the size of the bathroom is irrelevant when it comes to scratching the need, or having the need scratch itself.

So, a permanent bathroom fixture, in the form of a small plastic urinal, was installed under the seat of my KIA, and is always handy in case of emergencies.

I realize this may be a subject considered gross, but I also consider getting older a process which can either be gross, or managed with couth and aplomb if approached as a part of aging rather than a curse to a active lifestyle.

”Say”………maybe how this bodily function is handled in workplaces which are detached from living spaces would be a topic for a future thread……

Or not🙄.

Jack

Edited November 19, 2023 by Jack Bennett (see edit history)

[1930 Kram66]

What's in my garage.... My 32 year old Son. 😀

Well until six months ago at least, when he purchased his first home.

So I have been slowly converting it back into a workshop space for myself since. Still a long way to go.

[Paul Dobbin]

9 hours ago, auburnseeker said:

Too much crap! 

 

Can you spot the new addition? 

 

Had to take the picture through the back window.  Which now reminds me ,  I need to clean the windows as well.  Argh!

 

 

i see the Auburn Speedster